The Field Guide
core novel 2003 The Spiderwick Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (95,117 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 114 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780689859366 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Field Guide opens as siblings Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace move with their mother into the run-down, long-neglected Spiderwick Estate following their parents' divorce, a fresh start none of the children particularly wanted. Exploring the house's overlooked corners, Jared discovers a hidden, handmade field guide tucked away in the attic, left behind by their ancestor Arthur Spiderwick, describing in careful detail a hidden world of faeries and other magical creatures said to exist alongside the ordinary human one. As Jared begins to suspect the guide's contents are more than mere fiction, strange occurrences around the estate suggest that whatever Arthur Spiderwick once encountered there may not have stayed safely confined to the pages of his book.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Series: The Spiderwick Chronicles core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Holly Black
- Author: Tony DiTerlizzi
Notes
- From the series record (The Spiderwick Chronicles): The original five-book middle-grade series, co-created and co-written with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, following the Grace children's discovery of a hidden world of faeries and other creatures at Spiderwick Estate.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Spiderwick Chronicles: position 1 of 5: next The Seeing Stone (2003)
Sources
- Holly Black - Wikipedia
- Holly Black's own complete bibliography page
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Field_Guide
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